Ford should say ok Halton you have 14 days if things are not better you will go back to stage one for 45 days.
I really hate to say this BUT the only effective means of controlling this virus would be to throw the entire province back to stage one and tell all the whining people to stuff it.
Look folks, the regional approach isn't working and the "modified" stages don't do much of anything. Here are my thoughts:
Modified stages
Modified stages do
NOTHING to prevent the spread of covid 19. Keeping patios and indoor counter service open just leads to further spread due to the fact people are congregating in close contact. People don't have masks on while eating or in restaurants which makes open patios and counter service just as bad as keeping things open.
Keeping schools open also makes no sense. Kids are crammed in small classrooms and Toronto alone has cases at 151 schools with 245 cases total. Does the government not think these kids will bring the virus home from school?
Keeping malls and large stores open is also a bad idea. I have been to a few malls recently where nobody keeps an eye on the numbers coming in. Stores like wal-mart gave up keeping tabs on the numbers (they no longer have people manning the doors). This just contributes to the spread by putting large numbers of people in a contained space. They need to be closed.
Either close everything or close nothing but when it comes to a highly contagious virus you cannot have your cake and eat it too.
Regional approach
Regional approaches are only effective when done properly. Places like Northern and Northwestern Ontario don't need a lockdown because of their limited population but that's not practical elsewhere. Southern, Southwestern and Southeastern Ontario are the densest parts of Canada and Ontario. They need to be treated as their own region for the purposes of a lockdown.
People are so tightly close together in places like Windsor, London, Kingston, Ottawa, GTHA, Niagara and PEC just like Toronto and this needs to be considered if they want to control the spread.
I understand the fact that this will kill alot of jobs and destroy the economy but you can either destroy the economy or you can destroy the virus. Your choice.